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The Fishermen Paintings

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Zhanshou Archipelago is located in Zhejiang province, which is in the southeastern coast of China. Due to the great geographical advantage of the Yangtze estuary and the Hangzhou bay on the outer rim of the East Sea, Zhoushan becomes the world famous fishing grounds (Gernet, 2002). Unique marine culture gives Zhoushan a large amount of special island custom, such as Zhoushan shell carvings, the memorial ceremony for sea and Zhoushan drums. The most impressive one for tourists and natives is the fishermen paintings. Plain fishermen painters combine the sea, unlimited imagination, the good wishes and sincere emotion together to conceive different kinds of gorgeous fishermen paintings. Zhanshan is my hometown where I have lived there for more than twenty years. When I was young, I always puzzled over how vast the sea is. I was so amazed when my father told me that the earth is mostly covered by sea. From that time, I am proud of that I am the daughter of the sea because I live near the sea. The other reason why I am so interested in the sea is the stories that were told by grandfather, which attracted me very much. He was a fisherman when he was young and he had lots of wonderful experience while he was going shipping far away from the land. Although it is regretful that I cannot gain the opportunity to go through it by myself, I often imagine how wonderful it is in my own mind. The first time when I saw the real paintings in the Zhoushan Art Museum, I was deeply moved and impressed. The stories that my grandfather told me had become the vivid sight that appeared in front of me. I could feel the power that painters tried to convey to audiences, and the paintings gave me more understanding of the marine culture of my hometown. There are two pieces of masterpieces that give me a very deep impression. One of them is named The Song of Heart. This is a painting that regards ships moored in the harbor as the creation of materials. Thousands of fishing boats are waiting in line and slowly towards the sea, and the some boats are just parked there. The painter of this work is Baicun Luo who uses bright color to depict it, such as using pure colors to paint boat

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